Cloche useful for horticltural and agricultural purposes.



C. H. ALLENDER. CLOCHE USEFUL FOR HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURALPURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-24, 917- 1,272,769. Patented July 16, 1918.

WITNESSES 1 Y INVENTOR M m1 M55 H. Mimi/v WM 9 ATTORNEY CHARLES H.ALLENDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOCHE USEFUL FOR HQRTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.

Specification of Ietters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed January 24, 1917. Sria1No. '144,213.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HENRY AL- LENDER, citizen of the UnitedStates, and re resident of New York city, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCloches Useful for Horticultural and Agricultural Purposes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to cloehes or devices for covering plantsto protect them and also to accelerate their growth.

The invention has relation particularly to a known type of cloche whichis constructed of wire forming a frame consisting of two separableparts, one of which parts consists of a transverse angular shaped memberon which the lower edges of sheet glass or a suitable substitutetherefor, forming the sides of the cloche, are seated and held in place.The other part consists of a longitudinal upper member shaped somewhatlike the capital letter M, with the two ends bent horizontally at aright angle, thus forming seats for the upper edges of the sheet glass.The angular shaped member is hung from a centrally depending part of theupper member and two upwardly extending parts of the latter memberproject between the upper edges of the sheet glass, thus forming handlesand which upper edges of the sheet glass are held in place by bent endsof the upper member.

The object of the present invention is .to improve and to add to theconstruction of the cloche above referred to, thereby providing a morerigid construction and adding means for firmly holding sheet glass atthe ends, thus providing a cloche closed on all sides and which cantherefore be used individually if required and not always in acontinuous row, as has been the practice heretofore.

'The accompanying drawing is a perspective view illustrating my improvedcloche with the parts thereof assembled and the sheet glass sides andends in place.

According to the said drawing, 1 is the angular shaped transverse memberprovided with hooked ends 2, the latter serving to hold the sheet glass3 forming the sides of the cloche. The upper longitudinal member 4 isprovided with the depending part 5 from which part the member 1 is hung.Upwardly projecting parts 6form handles for *tilation.

The ends of the upper longitudinal member 4 are bent at a right angle asat 8 and vertical loops are thus formed. A continu ous longitudinalmember 10 is threaded through these loops. This continuous member 10 isbent at right angles as at 11, form ing depending legs 12 having hookedends 13. The sheet glass 14, forming the ends of the cloche, are engagedby the 1100 (s 13 and under the bends l1, and either by the nicety ofthe fit of the glass or owing to the spring pressure of the legs 12, theend glass 14 are held in close contact with the edges 15 of the sideglass 3.

In erecting the improved cloche, the parts 1 and 4, the latter partcarrying the part 10, are put together. The part 10 may however beseparate from the part 4 and would then be connected to the part 4 byforcing the member 10 into engagement with the loops 9. When the frameis erected, the lower edges of the sheet glass forming the sides of thecloche are seated in the hooked ends 2 and the upper edges of the glassare gently sprung under the projecting ends 8. The sheet glass formingthe ends of the cloche are then pushed into place inside the legs 12 ofthe continuous member 10, between the hooks 13 and the bends 11.

I claim- 1. In a device of the character described, a frame composed ofthree separable parts consisting of an angular transverse member havingbent over ends; a longitudinal upper member having depending andupwardly projecting portions and loops formed at the ends thereof; and acontinuous longitudinal member terminating in depending legs providedwith inwardly bent ends.

2. In a cloche as described, a frame for holding sheet glass formin thesides and ends of the cloche, said frame being composed of an angulartransverse member provided with hooked ends, a longitudinal upper memberhaving depending and upwardly projecting parts and the ends thereof bentat right angles forming loops, and a continuoiis "longl tudinal memberthreaded in the said loops of the upper member and having depending legsprovided With 5 ends, substantially as and for the described.

Signed at New York eity, in the county of Copies of this patent may nbeobtained f0 CHARLES 1-1. ALLENDER.

Witnesses: FRED RoDTz, J 0E MINOGUE.

hooked purpose 1 five. eents eech by a dgh egssi g the Commissioner ofPatents,

Washington; D. G.

